the world. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington, noon in israel where overnight israel's full cabinet approved a deal with hamas that would release at least 50 hostages in gaza. it comes after an intense six hour long meeting in tel aviv. those set to be freed are expected to be women and children. in i exchange israel will pause fighting for four days. more humanitarian aid would also be allowed into gaza with hundreds of trucks carrying fuel and supplies. president biden issued a statement saying today's deal should bring home additional american hostages and i will not stop until they are all released. three americans could be released in this batch including a 3-year-old girl, abigail, her great aunt spoke to cnn earlier. >> the one thing that we all hold on to is that hope now that abigail comes home. she comes home by friday, friday is her fourth birthday. we actually need to see abigail come out and then we will be able to be -- to believe it. >> the deal was brokered by qatar following weeks of negotiation with assistance from the u.s. and egypt. oren lieberman is live for us in tel aviv. oren, good morning to you. what happens next? >> reporter: good morning, kasie. right now as part of the legal and political process to get it truly over the finish line, there is a 24 hour window in which appeals can be filed to the israeli supreme court against the deal. as that process plays out, we are waiting for the agreement to begin. that is the pause in fighting, we understand, there is still fighting going on. and then the release of the hostages and palestinian a prisoners. so that we expect just based on that 24 hour window of appeals to begin sometime tomorrow morning. we'll see if there are any other additional hurdles here. but it is incredible to have gotten to this point after weeks of very sensitive negotiations. it is also interesting to point out, the first tranche has 50 israeli women and children released in gaza in exchange for 150 women and children held in israeli prisoners. but the israeli government put out a list of 300 names and said that for every ten israelis released, there would be another day of pause in the fighting and that would lead to another 30 palestinian prisoners released. so it seems like israel is setting up for the possibility that the becapause lasts more t four day. >> really interesting. how is this being received among the israeli public and the families of the hostages? because of course they are all having to wait to see, you know, is the person that i love on this list right now. that has to be just a very, very difficult process to go through. >> absolutely. we've spoken with a number of the families of the hostages who say they are still anxious, they were nervous up until the agreement was finallily formalized and agreed to. they knew they were close, but until they were over the line and had that agreement in place, they knew that it could still fall apart and that in and of itself made them very nervous. but amongst the families of the 240 hostages, there is generally speaking broad support. they know their loved ones may not be on that first list, but it is a process that is beginning. and at least one family we spoke with says look, the first 50 could lead to more and this process could get going. the important part is to get enough of a relationship in place that these discussions can continue and it is obviously much easier to continue the discussions and release of more hostages after the first batch instead of having to start from square zero. worth noting that 50 hostages is only about 20% of the 240. only women and children. so there are no men included. and crucially from what we understand, there is nobody who is the age of being a soldier in the israeli naral or perhaps even a reservist. it is possible hamas wants to extracts a far hire price for that group. so even if we're at this point, there is still a long way go until all of the hostages are home. >> all right. or en lieberman, thank you. with us more to talk more about this, lieutenant ben hodges. thank you very much for being with us. and can you talk to us about logistically how they pull off something like this as we know the hostages have been scattered throughout the gaza strip. >> well, kasie, i imagine that the israeli government and israeli defense force will be prepared with medical attention as well as mental health care. these people have been through an incredible ordeal as you have been reporting for week. so they just won't hand them over to their families. i also expect that there will be some debriefing, if you will. i mean, several of these people will probably be able to report somewhat on the conditions, you know, who else they know as they continue to try to account for the other hostages. >> can you tell me a little bit more about that? i mean, what kind of intelligence might these people be able to have thoo that could help the israelis in the fight to bring the rest of them home? >> three things come to mind. number one, who else is out there, what is the condition of other people that may have been around you. i don't know. hamas may have kept all of these people totally isolated, but that would be quite a challenge. so they may be able to get information on the status and condition of other hostages that are still out there. that would be number one. number two, i would imagine that the idf israeli defense force would want to know -- get some sense of the hamas soldiers. because they have been taking a pounding as well. and then i think the third part will be a sense of location. i mean, where were you -- what kind of tunnels, what kind of weapons, what did you see. and of course, you know, children will have -- may not be as effective will dos this given the trauma, but they still would have seen things. so i expect the idf will be skilled and patient in how they three to find out more. >> and or en lieberman was reporting that israel could pause for additional days if it means additional hostages are coming out. what does it say that we got to this deal about the military campaign so far against hamas and what implications does the pause in the fighting have? >>. >> of course every soldier knows that ultimately your civilian authority is the authority. and so what the government wants to do, that is what is most important. so while it may not be ideal from a purely military standpoint, what is most important is to accomplish the political objective. and the government of course has been under enormous pressure from their own population as well as from the u.s. to do something to get these -- to start getting the hostages moving. and to get them home. so i think israeli defense force probably was not real keen on any sort of a pause, but it also tells me that the hamas is under pressure to finally make a deal like this and release 50 hostages if it happens means that they have been getting pounded. what would be most annoying to me is the fact that supposedly there will be a window of time every day where they cannot have drones overhead. you don't have to be a genius to figure out that hamas can use that time to move things around, but israelis have more than just overhead drone capabilities. so i think that they probably calculated the risks and costs might be. and i imagine that they will also continue to be able to do things that are nonkinetic such as continue searching for tunnels, clearing things out. they will try to make the best out of the situation. but it will be challenging. >> lieutenant general, thank you very much for being with us. appreciate your time. and still ahead here, much more on the role the biden administration played in this deal to release the hostages held in gaza. and new u.s. intelligence on rush that's wagner mercenaries, they could pose a new threats to israel. the white house has just declassified intelligence confirming the wagner group is preparing to assist either hezbollah or iran. national security council spokesman john kirby says air defense capabilities being offered at the suggestion of vladimir putin. let's bring in cnn's max foster for more on this. max, good morning, always good to see you. what is the 30,000 foot view on this? >> well, it is interesting, there has been a much closer relationship it appears between iran and russia since russia invaded ukraine last year. and so we're looking at whether or not russia helping iran or its proxies like hezbollah is part of a deal for iran also to support russia in its war in ukraine. so a lot of dynamics really changing here. a lot of analysts would suggest hezbollah and iran are the same thing, but if this weaponry goes to hezbollah, obviously that creates a much more threatening northern front. so it plays into two conflicts. if it is strictly for iran, then i think that it is much more about ukraine and how to strengthen russia's hand there. >> and we know the u.s. has been so forward about its attempts to contain the conflict sending carrier groups to the region, et cetera. just the act of declassifying this information i think is also a public warning sign to the russians and putin. max, let's talk though about the breaking news of the hostage deal and particularly the temporary truce or pause in the fighting. the word cease fire obviously very loaded. but reality is there are so many different groups in gaza that sort of act independently. they may be talking a little bit to each other, but they act independently of each other. and if one of them violates the so-called truce and there is a rocket that goes off, or a missile, how does that impact it? >> i spoke to a former adviser that lost and he said the truce would be over if a rocket left from gaza and went into israel. as you say, there are three groups we understand holding hostages in gaza. that is what a lot of the intelligence is suggesting. so if there are some sort of politics in the groups, then the truce will be over. those are all details which we're trying to get. they may have a different view. so we need to find out. but experts are saying that it would be over if a rocket came over. and it would also play to the far right which and hwasn't rea happy with the truce. their view is that you should never ever negotiate with terrorists and they will be proved right arguably if the truce is broken by hamas which they view as terrorists breaking the truce. >> is one of the issues here communications or lack thereof the groups? we were reporting out the contours of the deal coming together yesterday, and simply getting the political wing of hamas into the gaza strip to talk to the militants working there seems like, you know, i think that we're used to in the modern world just picking up our phones or texting people. and i think that that could easily impact the -- if something were to happen and we were in a fog of war situation, that could be a real barrier to keeping things on track. >> yeah, i mean, so far the system that qatar is working with does seem to be working. the political group of hamas and qatar, they are managing to get messages through to the military side. as you say, there are different groups within gaza fighting for effectively the same thing. but so far hamas does seem to have -- certainly giving indications they know where the hostages are despite them not holding them all personally. and so it does seem as though the system is holding up at the moment. we don't know enough about the politics between those groups and how it is playing out. so certainly something to watch in what is a hugely complicated political and military situation right now. >> all right. mox foster, thank you much for being there. i will see you on monday since thanksgiving here in the united states. >> enjoy. >> thanks. coming up next here, house judiciary committee subpoenas a federal prosecutor in hunter biden's -- in the probe into hunter biden's taxes. what could the testimony of an assistant u.s. attorney bring to their case. and mother nature could slow down your ride to grandma's house for thanksgiving. the forecast is up next. welcome back. quick hits across america. in georgia the judge overseeing the election racketeering case is adding new social media restrictions to one of donald trump's co-defendants. ha harrison floyd will not be sent to jail for his posts. and appealing the state's 14th amendment ruling to keep trump's name on the ballot, the issue is whether its ban on insurrectionists applies to the presidency. and the house judiciary committee has subpoenaed an assistant u.s. attorney in its hint hunter biden investigation. a whistleblower claimed that they stymied warrants and subpoenas. and now to the weather. wind and heavy rain on the busiest travel day ahead of thanksgiving. and the weather is not done yet. allison chinchar is tracking all of it. and good morning. what should people heading out the door day be looking for? >> a little bit of everything. biggest problems are actually most and down the east coast on this southern side, the main concern here is the rain. some thunderstorms at times and even some gusty winds stretching from florida up through virginia. and on the northern side, the concern is rain that is heavy at times, but also some of that snow really starting to filter in across upstate new york, portions of vermont, new hampshire and even maine. and then gusty winds now, but then they are really going to ramp back up as we go through the rest of date. so you have the winter weather advisories out for several states. snow totals about 6 inches, and in the higher elevations you could get closer to a foot. this system again will continue to spread off to the north and east. so once we get towards the even afternoon hours, we'll finally start to see things dry out. still lingering showers across maine, new hampshire and rhode island, but by late this evening, we finally start to see a lot of the area begin to dry out. however, the winds will still be there. so keep in mind you are still going to have very gusty winds maybe 30 to 40 miles per hour for much of the northeast. overall, heaviest rain will be across the carolinas 2 to 4 inches. snow will be the focus up across the northeast. and when we talk about most areas 6 inches, but some as much as a foot. allison, thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to you. and breaking news this morning, deal to release at least 50 hostages held by hamas in exchange for a pause in the fighting. we'll give youou the detaiails comiming up nextxt. good morning. thank you for being up early with us. i'm kasie hunt. it is just after 5:30 here on the east coast. and breaking news this morning, israel and hamas have reached an agreement that would see the release of at least 50 hostages. here are the terms. hamas expected to release only women and children. in exchange israel will pause its fighting in gaza for four days. israel would release 150 palestinian prisoners also women and children. the deal includes humanitarian aid both fuel and supplies being allowed into gaza. israel has published the names of 300 palestinian prisoners opening the potential for a second phase of exchanges. it is not clear who will be released in the deal. but president biden said, quote, it should bring home additional american hostages. oren lieberman is joining us live from tel aviv. how did the deal happen and help us understand the roles that qatar and the united states played. >> reporter: it took week of sensitive negotiations to get to this point. we've heard repeatedly that we were close to a hostage release agreement, that we were close to a deal, only for that to fall apart. but as we started going through the evening yesterday and the day it became clear that this time the reports were accurate, that it was going to happen and that was confirmed when israel scheduled a series of meetings that were to vote on a deal. and that got this over the line from the israeli side. qatar was critical because it has connections and communications with all of the sides. so they hosted the talks here and were able to handle the negotiations and all the pieces fell into place from that point. there were of course debates over the fine details. even if a broad framework was there, women and children for palestinian women and children held in israeli jails, it still took time to get to how long is the pause in the fighting, what is the ratio of israeli hostages released for palestinian prisoners released but last night the announcement came and congratulations from the u.s. and many other countries that the deal was in fact in place. and as you pointed out, it will be 50 israeli hostages, women and children released for 150 palestinian prisoners released from israeli jails. again women and children for a four day pause in fighting. what is interesting is that israeli said for every ten additional hostages released, there will be another day for a pause in the fighting. so israel opening up the window there to a greater pause here to see more hostages released. also israel publishing the name of 300 palestinian women and children who could be released under this deal. so almost like putting a carrot out there to see if they could move this forward and extend it. unclear if it will happen. right now the deal hasn't gone into effect yet and the fighting very much continues in gaza. but it looks to begin sometime early tomorrow morning. >> and what you said about hugh israel is opening the door to this lasting longer is interesting because this just crossed here, that qatari prime minister wrote on platform formerly known as twitter that he hopes that the pause will lead to quote/unquote serious talks for a comprehensive and sustainable agreement that could put an end to the war. what do you make of those comments? >> reporter: that is certainly the hope and not just from the qataris but from a number of other countries who have said that there is a window here and diplomacy has worked. there is enough of a rapport, i won't say trust, but rapport between all the sides to get this agreement in place and families of hostages we've spoken to have said if this is the first 50, that means that there can be another 50. and another group. and will it be at the same ratio of three palestinian prisoners to one israeli hostage? in all likelihood no, because hamas likely believes that they could extract a greater cost for the soldiers that they kidnapped in the october 7 attack. but that will require more talks and more ongoing diplomacy. still this is the beginning of that and now it is a question of how much can that be widened and how long can this agreement hold. >> all right. oren lieberman in tel aviv, thank you very much for that report. for more on how all of this is playing out, let's bring in the editor and chief of the jerusalem post. always wonderful to have you on the show. let's explain -- or can you help explain to us what challenges the israeli government is facing as they looked at this deal? i know it has been a very emotional process with the families. do you think it ultimately will help calm and obviously the families will never be satisfied until their loved ones are home, but how are they viewings deal? >> important to know that the prisoners being released, while they may be made up of female and underage individuals,deal? >> important to know that the prisoners being released, while they may be made up of female and underage individuals, though are not innocent women and children. they are in prisons for their involvement in terror activities and i think that is one of the major sticking points here in israel because we have a track record of releasing large numbers of palestinian terrorists held in israeli jails in exchange for israelis. and we have a very notable case in that in the early 2000s of over 1,000 palestinian terrorists were released for this one israeli soldier. and we saw many of those returned to the cycle of terror including involvement in the october 7 massacre. and that has been a major concern here in israel. i would say though that overwhelmingly israelis are supportive of the deal. there has been anxiety over the fate of the 240 hostages, we hope many, most, are still alive. we acknowledge that there is probably a large number who are not and i think we'll see how many hamas is actually able to produce as a part of this deal. certainly hope many of them indeed will be. >> and so oren was just reporting that israel is basically leaving the door open for this to come going, right? they didn't just release 150 palestinian names. they released 300 names and have said that if these hostages keep getting released, this pause could be extended. do you see that as a realistic possibility and do you -- do you see it as a realistic possibility? >> look, israelis again for the past month and a half have been thinking about little more than the fate of these hostages. of course it includes small children, elderly people, holocaust survivors. so whatever israel can do to secure their release, they will do. but again, we don't even know how many of those hostages are even still alive. so, yes, we see the possibility of perhaps a daily release of another 10 hostages followed by another 10. at some point it looks as though hamas will run out of hostages to release simply because they are either no longer alive or perhaps they are being held by other terrorist groups in gaza. and so, yes, it is likely that we will see some kind of continuation of this, but i don't know how long that will last. >> do you think if all the hostages were released there could be an end to the fighting? >> well, israeli military has said no. israeli military has said of course that releasing or freeing those hostages is a top priority. but they say yes, there will be a pause in the context of this hostage deal, but the minute the pause ends, israel will continue with its mission to totally eradicate hamas' capacity to ever carry out that attack again. >> and you were talking about the history of the exchanges. and israel's former national security minister ben devier called it a big mistake. and i also want to pick up on -- so he mentions this, the i can't t sinwar pinpointed as one of the central masterminds of the october 7 attacks.can't sinwar pinpointed as one of the central masterminds of the october 7 attacks. can you help us understand why there is some resistance to this deal in some quarters? >> yeah, sinwar is in fact leader of hamas, he was the mastermind behind the october 7 massacre and he continues to direct the terror activities in gaza and into the territory of israel. and he was in fact released as part of a previous exchange, he had spent time in israeli prison, he was released as part of an exchange. and that is what many israelis including ben devier are concerned about, that many of those released in the past do return to involvement in terror and that could happen again now. but overwhelmingly the government did vote to advance the deal. he was outnumbered by the voices in the government who said it doesn't matter, at the moment all we need to do is bring our small children home and i think that is ultimately how many israelis feel as well. >> all right. avi mayer, thank you very much for joining us. and just ahead here, more on the biden administration's role in this deal that was just struck to get some of the hostages released from gaza. breaking news this morning, israel and a hamas have reached an agreement that would see the release of at least 50 hostages in exchange for a four day pause in the fighting. antony blinken saying that the israel-hamas hostage deal marks significant progress. president biden adding it is a testament to the tireless diplomacy and determination of the u.s. government. in israel the president is being praised for his role in negotiating the deal. >> his personal voechlinvolvemee a difference and we don't take it for granted. >> did oes it translate back ho? and let's bring in jess. always wonderful to have you on the show. let's talk about what it means for president biden. he has talked somewhat emotionally about not just these hostages but other hostages being held. americans and how emotional that is. there is a 3-year-old about to turn 4 american being held who are hoped to be release. and this seems to be a moment where while he's facing increasing pressure on the left, a moment that the president can really step into and we can't celebrate entirely until all the hostages are released. but this is obviously a positive, a time to celebrate those who will be able to come home. >> good morning and thank you for having me. this deal was announced late last night basically just hours ago. and president biden says he is extraordinarily gratified that some of the hostages will be released. and he also said that the deal should bring home some american hostages. this is a deal that the biden administration has been pushing for as calls on the left as you say for kind of a broader ceasefire grow louder. biden and his aides have really stayed focused and said that hostage deal and temporary pause in fighting was the best way to make progress on the humanitarian front in gaza. >> and i do think that it is important to note that this will pause fighting and also allow for potentially hundreds of aid trucks to go in and start getting more of that humanitarian aid through. so the backdrop for all of this of course, we're within a year until the presidential election. primary season is upon us. the iowa caucuses less than two months away. and the president obviously has been grappling with poll numbers that have a lot of people biting their fingernails in the democratic party. they don't have a primary challenge that they feel will fundamentally threaten his path to the nomination, but dean phillips, democratic minnesota congressman has launched a challenge that people are concerned could damage the president as he tries to take on former president trump. there is a new ad from a super pac backed by steve schmidt, former republican and long time republican operative. it will air in new hampshire and washington we understand. i'll show it and then we'll talk about it. >> let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. >> the threat is real. trump is winning. it is time to pass the torch. >> trump is winning, time to pass the torch. how much potential damage is there to be done here? >> this primary challenge as you said, it is not something that biden and his aides and his campaign folks take that seriously. but this kind of messaging, reminding voters of biden's weakness couldn't come at a tougher time for the president. particularly when there is an international crisis like this that is putting domestic pressure on biden particularly from the left to do more, to push for a ceasefire. and i think the real consequence of that won't necessarily be in sending voters to support someone like dean phillip, but what it could do is dampen enthusiasm among democratic activists, folks on the left who really turn out in 2020 to knock on doors, to organize, to help a candidate who perhaps they didn't love but saw as necessary to defeat trump. there are concerns among democrats that those kinds of activists, those kinds of generally highly engaged voters will be lessen gained this time around, will have their enthusiasm for biden and for the 2024 campaign and the role they might play in it dampened over disagreement with biden on some issue. >> and of course what the white house is counting on is that the fear of donald trump will be so intense among those people that it ultimately won't matter. but the reality is we are in totally unprecedented territory for so many reasons. to the extent we learned to stop making predictions, i try to remind myself daily of that lesson. jess, thank you very much for your time. all right. more ahead here on the deal to release at least 50 exchange fo pause in the fighting. 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[ bleep ] that was the journey and we haven't even gotten to the best part yet. >> and you can watch it right now streaming on max. and every tuesday night for the rest of the season on hbo. and if you want to know about somebody's character, look at what they do in the face of adversity. yesterday colts released shaquille leonard as a tough decision, but despite that, he still showed up to the local thanksgiving turkey giveaway event. he helped organize this. he said the community means a lot to him and he is all about giving back through the tough and good times no matter what about he had seen his role diminish somewhat due to injuries, and this news was shocking to him to get the call that he would no longer be with the team, but so classy to just show up where you have already put your time and effort and you make a commitment and keep it. feel good stuff heading in to the holiday. >> and speaking of feeling good, he is 38 years old, lebron, i'm also 38. every time i see him, i'm like man, i've done nothing with my life. but i feel a little bad for him, you're right, he should just be able to bask in the moment. 38 is not that old. >> i wanted your thoughts because that just felt ice cold. i mean, are you kidding me? the guy is evetching his name further and further into history and you have a reporter taking a shot at him being older than the coach? come on. >> you know what, you can still sink a three pointer, that is all you need. carolyn manno, happy thanksgiving. and thanks to call of you for joining us and happy thanksgiving to those who celebrate. i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere.